ME's Offices Locked Down; Threat Real?
By Jerry Bohnen/NewsRadio 1000 KTOK ~ The State Medical Examiner's offices in Oklahoma City and Tulsa are under lockdown for a second day in a row following a possible threat from an employee who talked of using a gun.
Both offices were under lockdown Thursday and remain so today, according to Cherokee Ballard, a spokeswoman for the Medical Examiner's office.
She told KTOK News any time there is talk of a gun by an employee, it's better to be safe than sorry. Ballard indicated an investigation is still underway to determine if the threat was real or not.
She explained the M-E's offices are still open to the public but other entrances normally accessed by workers using special security cards are off limits.
The lockdowns of both offices come as former Chief Investigator Kevin Rowland was indicted Thursday in Tulsa on sexual battery charges and again today in Oklahoma County district court. The indictment unsealed today cited him with sexual battery and involved a $2,000 bond.
Sources in Tulsa indicate the gun talk reportedly came from an employee who used to work in the Tulsa M-E's office and had been transferred to Oklahoma City. The employee reportedly was about to be terminated today.
Both offices were under lockdown Thursday and remain so today, according to Cherokee Ballard, a spokeswoman for the Medical Examiner's office.
She told KTOK News any time there is talk of a gun by an employee, it's better to be safe than sorry. Ballard indicated an investigation is still underway to determine if the threat was real or not.
She explained the M-E's offices are still open to the public but other entrances normally accessed by workers using special security cards are off limits.
The lockdowns of both offices come as former Chief Investigator Kevin Rowland was indicted Thursday in Tulsa on sexual battery charges and again today in Oklahoma County district court. The indictment unsealed today cited him with sexual battery and involved a $2,000 bond.
Sources in Tulsa indicate the gun talk reportedly came from an employee who used to work in the Tulsa M-E's office and had been transferred to Oklahoma City. The employee reportedly was about to be terminated today.
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